HR 6538 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022

Introduced Feb 1, 2022 Originated House Sponsor David N. Cicilline D-RI

Latest action · Jul 14, 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 1, 2022
Passed HouseJul 13, 2022
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022

This bill requires a designated officer of the Department of Justice to act as the national coordinator of an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network regarding an emergency involving an active shooter.

The bill sets forth duties of the coordinator, including to work with state, tribal, and local governments to encourage coordination of various elements of the network. The coordinator must also encourage federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies to establish procedures for responding to active shooters.

Finally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on state and local responses to active shooters and situations requiring the issuance of a public alert or warning.

Recorded votes 2

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 307	On Passage	Passed260–169	Jul 13, 2022

House 289	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Failed259–162	Jun 22, 2022

Cosponsors 61

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2022 to Jul 12, 2022; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MI	Fred Upton	Original	Feb 1, 2022
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Feb 1, 2022
R-SC	Nancy Mace	Original	Feb 1, 2022
R-MI	Peter Meijer	Original	Feb 1, 2022
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Feb 1, 2022
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Feb 1, 2022
R-IN	Victoria Spartz	Original	Feb 1, 2022
R-NE	Don Bacon		Feb 3, 2022
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Feb 3, 2022
D-IN	André Carson		Feb 18, 2022
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Feb 18, 2022
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Feb 18, 2022
R-CA	Jay Obernolte		Feb 18, 2022
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Feb 18, 2022
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Feb 18, 2022
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Feb 25, 2022
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Feb 25, 2022
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón		Feb 25, 2022
D-CA	Mark Takano		Feb 25, 2022
R-TX	John R. Carter		Mar 9, 2022
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Mar 9, 2022
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Mar 16, 2022
R-SC	Tom Rice		Mar 16, 2022
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Mar 21, 2022
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Mar 21, 2022
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong		Apr 28, 2022
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Apr 28, 2022
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Jun 3, 2022
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Jun 3, 2022
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Jun 14, 2022
D-TX	Al Green		Jun 16, 2022
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Jun 16, 2022
D-CA	Ami Bera		Jun 16, 2022
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jun 16, 2022
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jun 16, 2022
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Jun 16, 2022
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Jun 16, 2022
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jun 16, 2022
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		Jun 16, 2022
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Jun 16, 2022
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Jun 16, 2022
D-MD	David J. Trone		Jun 16, 2022
D-GA	David Scott		Jun 16, 2022
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jun 16, 2022
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jun 16, 2022
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jun 16, 2022
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jun 16, 2022
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Jun 16, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Jun 16, 2022
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Jun 16, 2022
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jun 16, 2022
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning		Jun 16, 2022
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jun 16, 2022
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		Jun 16, 2022
D-IL	Sean Casten		Jun 16, 2022
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Jun 16, 2022
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Jun 16, 2022
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Jun 16, 2022
D-GA	Nikema Williams		Jun 21, 2022
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Jun 21, 2022
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jul 12, 2022

Withdrew 1 Julia Letlow R-LA Jun 21, 2022

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Feb 1, 2022Markup Jun 15, 2022Reported Jun 21, 2022
Senate	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jul 14, 2022

Actions 24

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 14, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 13, 2022Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1224 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7900, S. 3373, H.R. 8296, H.R. 8297 and H.R. 6538 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
Jul 13, 2022Rule H. Res. 1224 passed House.
Jul 13, 2022Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1224. (consideration: CR H5993-6001)
Jul 13, 2022Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7900, S. 3373, H.R. 8296, H.R. 8297 and H.R. 6538 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

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In the Congressional Record 6

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E789	James P. McGovern D-MA	Jul 27, 2022
Extensions	Debate and remarks E751	Nancy Pelosi D-CA	Jul 19, 2022
Extensions	Debate and remarks E748	Jaime Herrera Beutler R-WA	Jul 18, 2022
House	Debate and remarks H5983–H5993, H5993–H6001Text printed H5983, H5993Amendments H5990Recorded votes H5991, H5992, H6288consideration (H. Res. 1224), previous questionenactLists H5991, H5993, H6288Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1224, consideration of H.R. 6538, Active Shooter Alert ActVotes recorded by proxy on H.R. 6538, Active Shooter Alert ActVotes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1224, consideration of H.R. 6538, Active Shooter Alert Act	Al Green D-TX, Andy Biggs R-AZ, Bradley Scott Schneider D-IL, Chip Roy R-TX, Dan Bishop R-NC, David N. Cicilline D-RI, Fred Upton R-MI, Jerrold Nadler D-NY, Jim Jordan R-OH, Joseph D. Morelle D-NY, Louie Gohmert R-TX, Matt Gaetz R-FL, Nancy Mace R-SC, Nancy Pelosi D-CA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Thomas Massie R-KY, Tom Cole R-OK (amendment)	Jul 13, 2022
House · Extensions	Debate and remarks E651Recorded votes H5809enactLists H5810Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 6538, Active Shooter Alert Act	Nancy Pelosi D-CA	Jun 22, 2022

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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 117-379

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 20, February 1, 2022, page H331.

Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
HAmdt 243	Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1224, the amendment recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill is adopted.	Rules Committee	On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 1224	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7900) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 3373) to improve the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant and the Children of Fallen Heroes Grant; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8296) to protect a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide abortion services; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8297) to prohibit the interference, under color of State law, with the provision of interstate abortion services, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6538) to create an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.	Related bill	Jul 13, 2022
S 4968	Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022	Related bill	Sep 27, 2022

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To create an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022
Short Title(s) as Reported to House: Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022
Short Title(s) as Passed House: Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 14, 2022Referred in Senate
Jul 13, 2022Engrossed in House
Jun 21, 2022Reported in House
Feb 1, 2022Introduced in House

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